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From: jimb@amdcad.UUCP (Jim Budler)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Finder Switchin
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Date: Sun, 15-Jun-86 21:18:15 EDT
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> 
>  
> According to the mini-manual you get with the 800K upgrade, the
> "startup" disk gets switched whenever you launch an *application* on
> another startup disk (page 36).  There are some other, more obscure,
> circumstances where this happens as well.
>  
> It's long been recognized that this is a big pain in the neck, and the
> MacBottom people are the only ones I know of who've done something
> about it. We'd like to use a patch or have this fixed for the new
> Finders, so RAM disks become practical.
>  
> Does anyone have a fix for Finders 5.2 and above?
>  
> Apple, there's gotta be a better approach than the current one.
>  
> Ric Ford
> 
What needs fixing? Despite the manual, the finder DOESN'T switch when
the startup disk is a Ram Disk, (at least not the RamStart). 
-- 
 Jim Budler
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